RUSSIA: Big Zag

Driving Russia further & further toward Communism,— Josef Stalin's Communist Party advances by a series of zigzags, first zigging as far to the Left as the people will stand, then zagging a trifle to the Right, easing the strain. Came last week a major zag. Dictator Stalin and Premier Molotov signed a sheaf of decrees conferring on Soviet peasants for the remainder of 1932 these boons:

1) Individuals or members of collective farms who have raised the quantity of grain specified by the Government (which has lowered the 1932 quota 20%) may sell...

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